| Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go, (John Donne, cited in Coffin, 1952, p.250-251) Those words above are the citation of the famous sonnet from John Donne. John Donne (1572-1631) was the most outstanding English Metaphysical Poet and a churchman famous for his spellbinding sermons. Wellington (2010) explains that John Donne's Death, Be not Proud, also known as Holy Sonnet X, is a fierce sonnet that personifies death as a real entity that is not to be feared, but instead, an abstract figure to be pitied, for it is death that will truly die in the end (“Poetry analysis: Death, Be not Proud, by John Donne”). The writer tries to give some insight that the idea of facing the death stoically in John Donne’s sonnet entitled Death, Be not Proud is similar to Ernest Hemingway’s typical hero who faces death stoically and far from the fearful of death. That is Harry’s attitude in The Snows of Kilimanjaro. He knows he is about to die and he has to face death. |